HUMAN OPTIONS, INC. AND THE CITY OF IRVINE

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H 'JMAN OPTIONS PREVENT. PROTECT. EMPOWER. TRANSFORM. • Allocate a Staff Therapist (.25 FTE) to provide bilingual, trauma-informed, and culturally competent mental health counseling to victims in Orange County. • With leveraged funds, provide emergency shelter and/or safety net for victims of domestic violence and their children in Orange County. • Comply with OVW and VAWA(Violence Against Women Act) safety standards to ensure that project staff do not engage in activities that compromise victim safety. As a collaborating, funded agency, City of Santa Ana will receive grant funding from this grant up to $260,020 over the three-year grant period (based on timely billing and spend-down). Funds not expended by Santa Ana will be re-allocated to the project based on project needs. Santa Ana commits to the following roles and responsibilities to ensure the success of this project: • Assign one Domestic Violence Corporal or Sergeant to serve on the project oversight team, attend project oversight meetings. The Corporal or Sergeant will oversee SAPD personnel on attendance to required OW/ training and project orientation, collaboration to address obstacles preventing victim access to the criminal justice system, investigation of domestic violence cases, personnel assigned to the DV(Domestic Violence) Car, and participation in data collection and progress reporting as required by OVW (no designated FTE will utilize overtime funds for meetings). • Assign a Police Investigative Specialist (.5 FTE)to work collaboratively to address obstacles preventing victim access to the criminal justice system, investigate domestic violence cases, and participate in data collection and progress reporting as required by OVW. The Domestic Violence Specialist shall be assigned to the DV Car to team up with an advocate from Human Options to respond to domestic violence calls, and to investigate domestic violence cases. • Provide space at SAPD's facility to outstation a DVA at the SAPD to assist domestic violence-related walk-ins and complete follow-up calls with victims encountered during ride-alongs. • Coordinate with Human Options to schedule DVRT ride-along shifts and ensure that SAPD officers staffing the DV Car have received domestic violence training. • Refer domestic violence victims to the DVA for follow-up victim advocacy services. • Train the DVA on SAPD domestic violence response protocols, safety procedures, and other relevant topics. • Utilize the Domestic Violence Lethality Screen for First Responders to better identify and respond to highly lethal cases. Page 6 of 1.0'